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Facebook, McDonald's and Amazon Among 11 Companies to Face EU Tax Grilling

EU lawmakers probing low-tax deals to quiz companies Nov. 16
Executives rebuffed earlier European Parliament invitation

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By Stephanie Bodoni

November 10, 2015 at 11:34 AM UTC

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November 10, 2015 at 4:57 PM UTC

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Amazon.com Inc. is among 11 companies that will be questioned by European Union lawmakers next week about low-tax deals as the Internet retailing giant awaits a decision from antitrust regulators on its fiscal pact with Luxembourg.

Barclays Plc and McDonald’s Corp. are also among firms that will appear at a meeting of the European Parliament’s special tax committee on Nov. 16, the panel’s secretariat said Tuesday in an e-mail. An earlier hearing was scuttled when nearly all the corporate invitees turned lawmakers down.